Bee Facts
Did you know that:
- It takes about twenty thousand trips by a bee, and roughly four million stops at blossoms to produce a single pound of honey.
- A Bee collecting nectar can carry a load up to 90% of its body weight.
- Worker bees are only made up of females.
- The honey bee industry in the United States is loosely divided into three groups of beekeepers: backyard (managing less than 50 colonies), sideline (managing between 51-500 colonies), and commercial (managing more than 500 colonies)
- Hobby beekeepers account for roughtly 95% of the beekeepers in the United States and manage 8% of total colonies.
- Honeybees are not native to the USA. They are European in origin, and were brought to North America by the early settlers.
- Honey never spoils and has been found in Egyptian tombs.
- Did you know that a honey bee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in their lifetime.
- It takes a hive of bees to fly 55,000 miles to produce one pound of honey.
- The Honey Bee is the New Jersey State Insect.